It is ok to party/ dine indoors without a Mask, if you are a Bishop that is

 
Meet the old and the new “Bishops” in my diocese … no masks … indoor dinning … buffet food being served … It is my understanding that all those things are “violating executive orders of the Governor of NJ”… But they “religiously obeyed”, those executive orders when it came to keeping churches closed  

The Catholic Church, (hierarchy that is) not only kept the churches closed during the height of covid-19, they did not fight back against our Governor’s executive order, which is unconstitutional… they kept the churches closed, which makes me wonder, did they do this so they would be first in line to get PPP grants from the government … why the hierarchy of the church made more money remaining closed than they would have if they stayed open!  The total of PPP money given the hierarchy of the churches in the USA is approx. one billion dollars… WOW, and they still ask for more money (special collections to support your church during the pandemic) … do they have any self-awareness of how evil they are????


Not much if the attached photos of the new Bishop's post installation party are any indication … photos taken from a “reception”, for the new Bishop installed in my diocese… note it was “indoors” … hey I thought that goes against the Governor’s executive order… and I do not see “Social distancing” in these photos either ??? And where are their masks??? The new Bishop and the old one do not have a mask on indoors??? But wait isn’t that also a Governor’s executive order to do so … they are not obeying the Governor’s orders as they did to keep the churches closed??? What’s up with that???

So it seems the hierarchy obeys the “Governor’s executive orders”, the way they do with Cannon law,  the hierarchy picks and chooses what to obey and what not to obey, yet judges the laity on all the “laws” …Hubris prevailed and the reception went on, instead of taking a pass on it and just quietly assuming the position of becoming the new Bishop in these troubled times we all live it    


Sad you cannot attend a Catholic Mass anymore without a mask on and you must social distance … and of course there are limits to amount of people let into the church … but hey if you are a Bishop and a member of the clergy (well the favored clergy in my diocese) … that is out the window, because you are “special” at least in their minds …


So new Bishop, old song… “let them eat Cake”… those poor peasants, called the laity … no you did not get your PPP,  for your small business, and you risk being homeless, but those “holy men”  the multi-billion dollar hierarchy of the Catholic Church, with massive real-estate holdings through the world and endowments …  they can “break the rules whenever they want”, dine indoors, no face mask, no social distancing (and is that the new Bishop and  Bishop Serratelli in a photo standing in front of chaffing dish,  filled with food, with no masks on) … but hey it’s a “party a celebration there is a new Bishop”, so screw the rules … But where is the humility, the understanding this is not a good look,  to say the least and it only shows the laity there is no change in the diocese, schools continuing to be closed.  Yet for the rich and “whites” in the diocese, they have the St. Paul inside the Walls, Bishop Serratelli’s  vanity project that is well funded, in an upscale neighborhood far from the inner cities and people of color  … Why they could not afford to get there,  never mind pay the cost of taking “classes there” or attending  lectures … Besides most poor people are just to busy trying to survive, literally and figuratively  ..  

Massive amounts of unemployment, people suffering …  yet, the “show must go on”…  but wait aren’t theaters closed now during the pandemic … ah,  but not for the hierarchy of the church,  their show goes on and on … Hmmm,  I wonder where is Jesus Christ in all of this … oh,  I know with the poor and the suffering … those who did not get PPP,  those who are unemployed, behind on their rent and risk losing everything and becoming homeless  … Christ walking the streets of those inner cities,  far from the “center” in Madison, NJ , where the "WHITE PRIVILEGED" donate and  go to … 


They stood  shoulder to shoulder, to keep churches closed,  when the governor told them to do so … and they stand shoulder to shoulder when it is time to take a photo,  no social distancing or masks ... hey didn't the governor tell them not to do that 


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